TIM_M_021 Modern Interpretational Approaches to Work of Art I

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2020
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Jozef Cseres, PhD. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Jozef Cseres, PhD.
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Bc. Jitka Leflíková
Supplier department: Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 16:00–17:40 C11
Prerequisites
Ability to interpret the work of fine arts in actual contexts.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 50 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/50, only registered: 0/50, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/50
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Graduate of the course will be oriented in the plenty of various interpretational attitudes toward the work of arts. Thanks to the readings and analyses of specific texts the student will achieve the methodological skills for erudite and contextual interpretation of work of art.
Learning outcomes
Student will be informed about the actual ways of interpretation of work of fine arts and taught how to grasp and interpret it meaningfully.
Syllabus
  • 1. Historical outline of the paradigms in art representation and their influence on the interpretational strategies.
  • 2. Plurality of interpretational attitudes towards works of art.
  • 3. Limits of interpretation.
  • 4. Collision of art history and aesthetics in the interpretation of the “Laocoön” group.
  • 5. Allegoric representation of medieval icons.
  • 6. Perspective as a symbolic form.
  • 7. Velázquez’s play with beholder in front of the “Las Meninas” painting.
  • 8. Manet’s painting anomalies as a foreshadow of modernism.
  • 9. Interpretation of the modern pictures of end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century.
Literature
  • Eco, Umberto (ed.): Interpretácia a nadinterpretácia. Bratislava 1995.
  • Belting, Hans: The Invisible Masterpiece. Londýn 2001.
  • Nelson, R. – Shiff, R. (eds.): Kritické pojmy dejín umenia. Bratislava 2004.
  • Foucault, Michel: Manet and the Object of Painting. Londýn 2009.
  • Collins, Bradford R. (ed.): 12 Views of Manet’s Bar. New Jersey 1996. Eco, Umberto: Opera aperta. Cambridge, Massachusetts 1996.
  • Winckelmann, Johann, J.: Dějiny umění starověku. Praha 1986.
  • Lessing, Gotthold E.: Hamburská dramaturgie. Láokoón. Stati. Praha 1980.
  • Foucault, Michel: Slova a věci. Praha 2007.
  • Eco, Umberto: Meze interpretace. Praha 2004.
  • Stratton-Pruitt, Suzanne L (ed.).: Velázquez’s Las Meninas. Cambridge 2003.
Teaching methods
lecture, presentation, class discussion
Assessment methods
presentation, final essay
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2020, recent)
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